Liverpool FC News: Contract rebel WILL agree new deal after extraordinary u-turn

Over the last two seasons, it feels like a lot of time has been spent convincing players to agree new contracts, despite the side winning the Premier League and spending £446m in the summer.

Very little more can be done to convince people that Liverpool intend on competing at the elite level for the foreseeable future. Arne Slot's project is flourishing and yet still there are some reservations.

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Trent Alexander-Arnold felt it was best for his career to join Real Madrid, playing football in abroad for the first time and Ibrahima Konate looks likely to follow suit now he's in his final contracted year.

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However, one contract rebel that had been set to leave at the end of the season might now have some re-evaluating to do before he makes his final decision. He's still held in high regard at the club.

Robertson to sign a new deal?

Liverpool's 31-year-old vice-captain Andy Robertson is now in the last year of his contract, having decided to stick around this season to assist new left-back signing Milos Kerkez, as well as hoping to end his time on Merseyside in the right way, by giving his all to the team until he's no longer required.

Atletico Madrid initially considered a move for him, although the offer than came Liverpool's way was substantially below the Reds' valuation. As such, he took some time to consider what was best for his family and remaining at Anfield for one more season felt like the best move for him.

Furthermore, the plan at left-back seems to have worked out quite well. The Scot and Kerkez will be the two full-backs this season, while Kostas Tsimikas is out on loan at Roma. Next season, the Greek international can be cover for the Hungarian, with Robertson looking at a final move before retiring.

However, we've seen Robertson in action this season a little more than regular than we previously thought he would be, since Kerkez is only 21 years old and the young player is still developing.

As such, while it's generally understood that there will be a changing of the guard in future, this season might not be the right time and an extension to Robertson's deal is not unforeseeable.

Speaking on the Inside Track podcast via Football Insider, Pete O'Rourke said: "It's going to be interesting to see what happens with Andy Robertson over the next few months.

"I still think Robertson's got a role to play at Liverpool right now, he is the vice-captain right now behind Virgil Van Dijk so that shows how important he is in the dressing room and around the club as well.

"I think Liverpool will be hoping to keep hold of Andy Robertson with a new deal being explored and, look, he's back in the team right now... so let's see if Robertson gets a run in the team now with Kerkez taken out of the firing line after a difficult start to his life at Anfield."

Of course, the opportunity to keep the Scot for a little longer might only result in a short-term extension of a year or so, if the decision is made by the club to look at such a proposal. But given Tsimikas is still contract until 2027, so feel as though both of the full-backs will be phased out, with their deals purposefully allowed to run out given the limited value Liverpool would get from them.

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